Five Interesting Things: Future of work edition

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Five Interesting Things: Future of work edition

Hello! It has been a while since we posted a Five Interesting things piece. And today is a new idea as well–themed. As the coronavirus continues to reshape how we live and work, we are starting to see the some ideas about the future emerge. Today’s scan hits all have to do with a possible future of work. These not-exactly-weak-signals are pointing to a post-COVID work environment with less office space and more people who can, working from home.

Two pieces on the continuation of working from home after lockdown is lifted:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/work-from-home-pandemic/611098/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/business/pandemic-work-from-home-coronavirus.html

And three stories on the perilous state of office space and real estate:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-saw-office-buildings-as-safe-not-during-this-pandemic-11586260800

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-groupon-subleasing-chicago-space-20200501-36uxx7w5xbb5dkfo6yir7efahe-story.html

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-barclays-results-offices/barclays-ceo-says-putting-7000-people-in-a-building-may-be-thing-of-the-past-idUKKCN22B101

It has been a question we have been asking around FA’s HQ–How are you going to convince the tens of thousands of people who have to ride elevators up to their office floors to go back to the office?